Mulipola Oliva

Leiataualesa Taupau Mulipola Oliva (born 1974)[1] is a Samoan politician and former member of the Samoan Parliament. When elected in 2006 he was Samoa's youngest MP.[1]

Leiataualesa Taupau Mulipola Oliva
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Aiga-ile-tai
In office
31 March 2006 – 4 March 2011
Preceded byLeva'a Sauaso
Succeeded byIfopo Matia Filisi
Personal details
Political partySamoan Democratic United Party
Tautua Samoa Party
Human Rights Protection Party

Oliva was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa as a Samoan Democratic United Party MP in the 2006 Samoan general election.[1] After the collapse of the SDUP he became a founding member of the Tautua Samoa Party, and in May 2009 was deemed to have resigned his seat by Speaker Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiʻataua.[2] He was reinstated by the Supreme Court in July 2009.[3] In September 2010 he asked to run as a Human Rights Protection Party candidate in the upcoming election.[4] He subsequently lost his seat in the 2011 election.

In July 2020 Oliva announced that he would contest Aiga-ile-tai in the 2021 election as an HRPP candidate.[1] He was subsequently banished from a number of villages in the constituency for unstated reasons.[5]

References
  1. Soli Wilson (10 July 2020). "Leiataualesa Mulipola Oliva to recontest AIga-ile-tai". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. "SAMOA MPS DISQUALIFIED, MUST FACE BY-ELECTION". Pacific Islands Report. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. "Samoa court reinstates nine MPs, cancels by-elections". Radio New Zealand. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. Marieta Heidi Ilalio (2010-09-27). "MPs defect". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  5. Soli Wilson (12 January 2021). "Candidate banishment issue divides Manono tai". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 13 January 2021.


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